Jeremiah 36:1

Jeremiah Dictates a Scroll

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Jeremiah 36:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 36:1

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah
Eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem: [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord;
the following order to write in a roll all his prophecies he had hitherto delivered: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 36:1 In-Context

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2 "Take a scroll, and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I [first] spoke to you during Josiah's reign until today.

3 Perhaps, when the house of Judah hears about all the disaster I am planning to bring on them, each one of them will turn from his evil way. Then I will forgive their wrongdoing and sin."

4 So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. At Jeremiah's dictation, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah.

5 Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, "I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,